Black-owned Vegan Meat Brand Cuts Investment Deal with Shark Tank’s Mark Cuban
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This article originally appeared in Presence Marketing’s April 2021 Industry Newsletter
By Steven Hoffman
Everything Legendary has a new partner – Shark Tank’s own Mark Cuban. After a recent appearance on the show, the Black-owned vegan meat alternative brand received a $300,000 investment from Cuban in exchange for 22% of the company, VegNews reported. Company founders Duane “Myko” Cheers, Danita Claytor and Jumoke Jackson appeared on Shark Tank to pitch their Washington, D.C.-based business, which makes vegan burgers based on a recipe inspired by their mothers using a blend of hemp protein, coconut oil, potato starch and beet extract. “It began with a search for something healthy and good-tasting that our mothers would want to eat. Once we had that, we took it to the streets with pop-up stores and street festival sampling, and let the community taste it for themselves. We all know that today’s consumers are demanding that their food be nutritious and supercharged with flavor. Our brand delivers. It’s Mom-Approved. And now, it’s also Shark-Sanctioned,” Cheers told VegNews. Mark Cuban has been vegetarian for more than a year. In addition to Everything Legendary, he has invested in a number of vegan companies including Delighted by Hummus, Snacklins, Wanna Date? and Pan’s Mushroom Jerky, VegNews reported.
Miyoko Schinner Takes on the Future of Food: Compass Coffee Talk™ Welcomes the Founder and CEO of Miyoko’s Creamery, September 10, 2020, 11:30 am EDT
Join the Conversation on the Next Episode of Compass Coffee Talk™, Hosted by Natural Products Industry Leaders Bill Capsalis and Steven Hoffman for an Interview with Vegan Epicurean Activist: Miyoko Schinner, as She Takes on the Future of Food.
What: Compass Coffee Talk™
Episode 6: “Interview with Vegan Epicurean Activist: Miyoko Schinner Takes on the Future of Food.”
Date: Thursday, September 10, 2020, 11:30 am – 12:00 pm EDT
To Register: Click HERE, Free on Zoom
Sponsored By: Allegro Coffee
Boulder, CO (August 27, 2020) – Compass Coffee Talk™ is pleased to announce that innovative vegan epicurean activist Miyoko Schinner, Founder and CEO of Miyoko’s Creamery will appear as the next featured guest on its educational, business-to-business webinar. Miyoko’s Creamery is a leader in the plant-based food revolution. The company’s mission is to create “world-changing social and environmental justice by inspiring a more compassionate, global food culture that drives the growth of Miyoko’s,” says company Founder and CEO Miyoko Schinner.
Together, natural products industry leaders Bill Capsalis and Steven Hoffman will host a discussion with Miyoko Schinner on the power of building a plant-based empire and the positive impact the brand has made in the natural products industry. Join the conversation for a power-packed thirty minutes and hear from the "Queen of Vegan Cheese" as she discusses the evolution of plant-based products and what’s next for the industry. “Interview with Vegan Epicurean Activist: Miyoko Schinner Takes on the Future of Food,” will take place Thursday, September 10, 2020, 11:30 am EDT.
“Compass Coffee Talk is looking forward to hearing from Miyoko’s lively and insightful expertise. We support her commitment to positively impacting the world around us and applaud her efforts as a change-maker in the natural products industry,” said Steven Hoffman, Managing Partner, and Founder, Compass Natural Marketing. “Miyoko also will share tips on how entrepreneurs can succeed in the burgeoning plant-based foods market in this lively conversation.”
Tempered by experience but driven by passion, learn how Miyoko, a renowned vegan author, chef, and animal rights advocate, cracked the code in developing world-changing organic vegan cheese and butter products that appeal to core consumers – and that have inspired many more to try new plant-based foods.
About Miyoko Schinner
Miyoko Schinner is the CEO and founder of Miyoko’s Creamery, the leading natural and organic plant dairy food brand combining cheese-making traditions with whole food technology to craft world-changing cheese and butter from plant milk, not cows. Today, Miyoko’s products can be found in more than 15,000 retailers nationwide and in Canada, including Target, Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods Markets, Kroger, and Safeway.
A pioneer in the plant-based cheese revolution, Schinner a passionate epicurean activist, chef, former restaurateur, best-selling cookbook author, co-host of the national public television cooking show Vegan Mashup, and a founding board member of the Plant-Based Foods Association. She is also an active Naturally Bay Area member and a part of the Naturally Network community. An animal rights advocate, Schinner co-founded Rancho Compassion, a nonprofit animal sanctuary in California that provides a home to over 70 rescued farm animals. She lives with her husband and family in Marin County, CA.
Compass Coffee Talk™ Powered By Allegro Coffee
Compass Coffee Talk gives special thanks to its newest sponsor, Colorado-based, Allegro Coffee. Each episode, one webinar attendee will receive a free bag of Allegro Coffee, a specialty coffee company that believes that where and how coffee is grown matters. Since 1977, Allegro Coffee has remained committed to sourcing the highest quality coffee from farmers dedicated to environmental stewardship and worker livelihood.
About Compass Coffee Talk™
Compass Coffee Talk™ features lively interactive conversations with industry leaders and experts designed to help guide entrepreneurs and businesses of all sizes succeed in the marketplace. Hosted by natural and organic products industry veterans Bill Capsalis and Steve Hoffman, Compass Coffee Talk is produced by Compass Natural Marketing, a leading PR, branding, and business development agency serving the natural and organic products industry.
To register for the FREE Zoom Webinar, click HERE.
Contact
Bill Capsalis, Host, 303.808.3441, bill@billcapsalis.com
Steven Hoffman, Host, 303.807.1042, steve@compassnaturalmarketing.com
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